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by user24 13y ago
But you can test what the gas pedal does pretty easily. I think parent's point was that without peer review source code audit, we just have to take it on trust.
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by user24 13y ago
It's a shame that you won't take the bet, as I think you have a fair chance of winning it actually. Well, cheers anyway. Maybe I'll buy something in 10 days with the bitcoin I would have paid you ;) > the payout would be s
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by user24 13y ago
That's exactly what I did earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6754061 I actually expect I'd have lost the bet if they'd taken it, due to my way too generous terms but that's not the point
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by user24 13y ago
Maybe you're just not mentally strong enough ;)
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by user24 13y ago
By the way I think my terms are more than reasonable; Bitstamp traditionally has lower prices than MtGox, so that's in your favour. My terms are such that if any trade happens below $321, you win - not just daily average or what have
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by user24 13y ago
You're on. I bet 0.00125 BTC that the lowest price as reported at http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD won't fall below $321 USD until after Nov 29. To clarify, I will pay out under the following circu
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by user24 13y ago
Once you hit a certain karma threshold you get a flag option on posts and a downvote option on comments.
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by user24 13y ago
also, 10 days is a massive amount of time for bitcoin. It doesn't take much to say "the price will go down a bit some time in the next 10 days".
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by user24 13y ago
> The leadup to the April crash looked exactly like what we see now Past performance is not an indicator of future results > I didn't say the soon-to-come crash would be the end of Bitcoin You said "I give it less than 10 d
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by user24 13y ago
Better experiment: Buy X amount of USD into BTC wait for the price to rise to X+ε Buy X amount of goods, using BTC to pay, thus supporting the economy. Watch the other ε amount in BTC ride the waves
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by user24 13y ago
you realise that people said that when it reached the dizzy heights of $10/BTC, $100/BTC, $200/BTC, etc. The April 2013 crash looked like a massive spike until a few weeks ago, now it's a tiny blip. Who's to say whe
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by user24 13y ago
> When someone without knowledge in the markets tells you to buy something You're probably right, but she wasn't saying "buy it" just mentioning its existence. And the buy/sell mentality only really applies if yo
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by user24 13y ago
How? The retailer gets exactly what they would if they had just asked for local currency, except maybe a little extra business.
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by user24 13y ago
exactly my sentiments.
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by user24 13y ago
my (nontechy) mother in law mentioned them to me yesterday, I (techy) bought 2 kebabs last night with bitcoin (through takeaway.com). I think you're right that mainly techy people have them at the moment, but I also think that with the
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Bitcoin's UK future looks tasty - takeaway.com now accepts bitcoin(reddit.com)
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by user24 13y ago
Completely agree that it looks like an endorsement. Espresso.
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by user24 13y ago
so do validation that the domain exists. Don't make the user solve a technical problem.
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by user24 13y ago
Oh wow, they're targeting specific (innocent) employees and serving malware infected versions of LinkedIn and /.?!?!?!??! wow.
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by user24 13y ago
Firstly you can't throw claims like that around without a source, secondly I don't think now is the time to make FUD about which charity to donate to, thirdly that's tangential to what I was quoting (that cash is better than
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by user24 13y ago
Regarding 'just cash', I would like to quote the Red Cross: "The best way to help a disaster victim is through a financial donation to the Red Cross. Financial contributions allow the Red Cross to purchase exactly what is nee
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by user24 13y ago
> Right now, advertising a computer at 3 bitcoins is not practical. Only if you're seeing the "real" value as the USD. No-one says "$100 is meaningless because its conversion to Thai Baht varies so wildly". The o
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by user24 13y ago
sadly I know people who respond to this with "Yeah but why would you trust what Google say, they don't want to tell you how to game the system".
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by user24 13y ago
people have suggested mBTC or "millibits". I think it's not something that can be mandated. A new terminology will naturally arise if the need is genuine.
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by user24 13y ago
Prior to this, you had three choices: 1) Work on this opensource project for free 2) Work on my projects / startup 3) Work for somebody else with guaranteed salary of $100-150/hr. That lack of competitiveness doesn't seem to
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by user24 13y ago
Very nice use of password hints. Userwise salted hashes would defeat this attack though.
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by user24 13y ago
surprised to see that this is the only mention of XBT in this thread. Seems to me like square cash is comparable to the extremely low friction nature of XBT to XBT transactions, but with fiat currency. I'm not saying square did this in
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by user24 13y ago
I own (my username)@gmail.com and I get test emails several times a week.
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by user24 13y ago
We use those as placeholder text on our registration forms.
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by user24 13y ago
I respect the MVP philosophy, but a location filter better be coming soon. Otherwise it's an MVP that helps people find a better career and move city/country.

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